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SETTING 'TO0L. (Application lod Apr. 3, 1901.) (No Modal.)

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JAMES KYDQ, lon MePnnRsoN, KANSAS.

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SPECIFICATION forming' part 0f Letters Patent No. 693,406, dated February 18,*1902.v

Application tiled Aprii 3,1901. seria Natura. tno model.)

To all whom, it' 'mary concerm:

Be it known that I, JAMES KYDD, acitizen' of the United States, residing at McPherson, in the county of McPherson and State ofKansas, have invented a new and useful Setting- Tool, of which thefollowing is a specication.

This invention relates to tools or devices for setting screw-hooks, screw-eyes, tacks, or similar securing or attaching devices in ceilings, walls, or other places inconvenient to reach, the object of the invention being to pro# vide a v device of this nature that may be quickly engagedwith the article tobe set and may beas easily disengaged therefrom after the setting operation, further objects and advantages of the invention being apparent from the following description.

In the drawings forming a portion of this specification, and in which like numerals of reference indicate similar parts in the several views, Figure 1 is an elevation of thetool j engaged with a screw-eye having a string attached. Fig. 2 is a central longitudinal section of the tool with the jawsl closed.y Fig. 3

is apview similar to Fig. Zwith' the jaws open. Fig. 4 is a detail elevation showing one of the jaws.

Referring now to the drawings, the present device comprises two jaws 5 and 6, which are pivotally connected at points intermediate of their ends, whereby when the jaws at one end are opened they will be closed at the opposite end, and the inner faces of the gripping por-' tions of the jaws are provided with arcuate grooves 7, which are yadapted to receive the curved portions Aof screw-eyes,` screw-hooks,

and other similar Vdevices that are to be held,v

and may thus hold them most securely. In

the ends of the gripping portionsof the jaws are formed longitudinal grooves 8, which engage over the stem of the article held. When' ascrew-eyeis held in the jaws,the head enters corresponding grooves in the inner faces of the jaws, and the screw-eye is thus held securely. The jaws are held normally and yieldably with their gripping portions separated by a helical springlO, which is disposed in recesses in the inner faces of the gripping portions of the jaws andadjacent to the pivotal connection thereof.

To force the opposite ends of the jaws apart, so that the gripping portions will be brought faces of the jaws being concaved to receive the wedge, and through this wedge is formed together, a wedge l5 is ',provided, the-inner a slot. lo', passingdiametrically thereof andl that when the wedge is pressed inwardly f these blocks strike against o ne end of the slot andwhen the wedgeis drawn outward-ly the slot.

The bore of the wedge forms a socket toreceive a handle. f When a screw-eye is' to be set, it is disposed between the gripping portions'of the jaws, and the wedge is pressed inwardly to lblocks strike against the oppositeend ofy the y cause the jaws to grip the eye, saideye lying in the grooves of the jaws corresponding tol vthe position of the eye and the diameter thereof, it beingn'oted that-the arcuate grooves' are of different radii, the grooves ofpleast radii-loeing'nearest to the outer ends of the jaws. The tool is thenrais'ed by its handle and pressed, with the stem of the screw-eye, into the wood or other material into which the screw is to be engaged, and the handle is turned to screw the eye into thewood, the pressure of the tool in the initial engagement of the screw of course causing thefjaws to grip all the tighter. When the screw-eye has been set, the handle is drawn downwardly. Then the wedge will be drawn from its wedging` position,and the -jaws will release the screw-eye, and the implement may be then lowered.

At times it is desired to set a screw-eye while 'a `string is engaged therewith, and to permit this a channel 20 is formed in the gripping-faces of the jaws, and the string that is connected to the eye is laid in these channels,which register, and is taken therethrough and out from between. `th`e jaws. When a hook is to be set with a string attached, the string may be slipped Vonto the stem of the hook, and after the hook is set andthe tool removed the string maybe pulled down onto the hook.

In practice modifications of the specific con- IOO struction shown may be made and any suitable materials and proportions may be used for the various parts without departing from the spirit of the invention.

1. A device of the class described, comprising two jaws pivotally connected about midway of their length, a spring normally acting to keep the forward ends of the jaws separated, guiding-blocks carried by and projecting inwardly from the rear portions of said jaws, a conical, non-rotatable operating device 15 having a diametral slot for the passage of said guiding-blocks, and a handle or pole secured to said operating device, substantially as specified.

2. vAdevice of the class described, comprising two jaws pivotally connected about midway of their length, the adjacent clampingfaces of the forward portions of said jaws being provided with a series of arcuate grooves extending throughout the width of the jaws, said grooves being of different radii, a sliding, non-rotatable wedge engaged between the jaws at the opposite side of the pivotpoint, an operatinghandlc or pole secured to said wedge, and means for normally maintaining the forward portions of said jaws in open position, substantially as specified.

3. Adevice of the class described, comprising jaws pivotally connected, the jaws at one side of the pivot having grooves in their in- .ner faces to receive an article to be placed and having other groovesleading from the first-named grooves outwardly through the sides of' the jaws, a wedge disposed slidably between the jaws at the opposite side of the pivot and having a slot therethrough and extending longitudinally thereof, blocks carried by the jaws and engaging the slot to limit the movement of the wedge, said wedge having a socket to receive a handle for manipulating the device and operating the wedge, and means for holding the engaging portions of the jaws normally and yieldably separated. In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JAMES KYDD. lVitnesses:

A. B. BANTA, JOHN W. YowELL. 

